Arts and Humanities
He was called a Renaissance man. He doesn't have a last name, but he is often called by the name that tells where he lived. What artist was from a small city in Tuscany called Vinci?
LEONARDO (DA VINCI)
A spinner is divided into five sectors of equal area. There are two red, one blue, one green, and one yellow section. What is the probability of landing on red?
2/5 (TWO-FIFTHS) (ACCEPT: 40 PERCENT)
Listen carefully to the following sentence. Martin Luther, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, delivered his most famous speech on August 28, 1963. How many commas are needed to correctly punctuate this sentence?
THREE
All cells have this thin, flexible structure. Substances that the cell needs to survive must pass through this cell part. What structure surrounds a cell?
CELL MEMBRANE
The Second Continental Congress adopted this document in 1777, though it went into effect in 1781. It provided for a one-house legislature and insisted on a weak central government. Name this document later replaced by the U.S. Constitution.
(THE) ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
Artists create these colors to make darker images. What colors are created when black paint is added to a hue?
SHADE
Leroy builds a model of a boat. The model is exactly one-tenth the size of the larger boat. Since the model and the real boat have all sides in proportion, what can be said about the two boats?
SIMILAR
Writers often try to vary the way they say things, so this type of word is helpful. Examples of them for the word "said" might include "stated," "spoke," or "uttered." What term refers to words that have similar meanings?
SYNONYM(S)
These plants do not have seeds, roots, or vascular tissues. Instead of roots, they have rhizoids. What nonvascular plants are considered bryophytes?
MOSS(ES)
To date, this man was the U.S.'s longest-lived president, dying at age 100 in 2024. After his presidency, he founded a namesake center whose work earned him the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Name this 39th president who, with his wife Rosalynn, built homes for the poor through Habitat for Humanity.
(JIMMY) CARTER
This is an art movement of the 1940s and 1950s. It does not focus on realistic objects. In what art movement did artists like Jackson Pollock paint on large canvases?
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
UPS is packing books into a box shaped like a rectangular prism. The box is 6 units long, 4 units wide, and 3 units high. What is the volume of the box in cubic units?
72 (CUBIC UNITS)
This suffix is used to form adjectives from nouns. It may be combined with the word "magnet" to describe one who has an attractive personality or with the word "history," to describe something of great value. What suffix means “having to do with” or “like”?
IC (NOTE: STUDENTS MAY SPELL I-C OR SAY "IC.")
This element of art can be found between and around an object. It can be created by overlapping, size, or perspective. What element of art is an illusion created by artistic techniques?
SPACE
This governmental idea is closely related to checks and balances. It prevents any one person or group from exerting too much control over the federal government. Give this three-word phrase for the reason we have legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
SEPARATION OF POWERS
Sometimes actors will break this and speak directly to the audience. What is the imaginary wall between the audience and the actors in a drama?
FOURTH WALL
A point on the coordinate plane is located at six comma six. In which quadrant of the coordinate plane would you find the point?
FIRST (QUADRANT) (ACCEPT: (QUADRANT) 1)
This toy wishes to become real through the love of a child. He is nearly thrown away but is saved by magic. Name this soft stuffed animal from a classic story by Margery Williams.
VELVETEEN RABBIT
Some invertebrates have specialized body parts for movement. They can be legs or wings. What are body parts of an organism that helps it move or complete other processes?
APPENDAGES
Immigrants in this group often have special protections and legal statuses that may grant them assistance upon their arrival. Unlike other migrants, they don't move to a different country for economic opportunities or family reunification. Give the word for a person who flees their home country to escape conflict, persecution, or wartime conditions like starvation.
REFUGEE
This Russian producer collaborated with Stravinsky. Both Pavlova and Nijinsky danced for him at the Ballets Russes. Who produced Mussorgsky's opera, Boris Godunov?
(SERGEI) DIAGHILEV
In geometry, this angle gets its name from the way it looks. The rays of the angle lie in opposite directions from the vertex. What is an angle equal to 180 degrees?
STRAIGHT (ANGLE)
First and last name required: He was made of steel and worked in a steel mill. He could bend metal with his bare hands and never got tired. Who is this tall tale hero who represents hard working steelworkers?
JOE MAGARAC
The name of these vertebrates means "living a double life." These vertebrates can live on land and in water and they often undergo metamorphosis. What vertebrates include salamanders, toads, and frogs?
AMPHIBIANS
In economics, this word is an antonym of "scarcity" or "shortage." What is the condition when more of a product or service is available than people want to buy at the current price?
SURPLUS (ACCEPT: EXCESS)